The Chinese Like Us. They Really Really Like Us.
There's a great scene in the movie Dumb and Dumber where Jim Carey is seeking a date with Lauren Holley:
Carey: "What are my chances [of a date with you]?"
Holley: "Not good."
Carey: "You mean not good like one out of a hundred?"
Holley: "I'd say more like one out of a million."
Carey: [after a long, thoughtful pause] "So you're telling me there's still a chance?"
Pew's recently released and amazingly comprehensive Global Attitudes Survey [pdf] has 1/3 of China's population calling the US an enemy. Call me Careyesque, but I think that is pretty good. 41% of Chinese view the US favorably, as compared with only 31% in Germany and 33% in Spain.
To see how others are analyzing/digesting the report, check out the following:
-- "Chinese Want to LIve the Australian Dream?"
-- "China's going strong! Me, not so much."
-- "New Pew Report of Chinese Attitudes."
-- "Notes on Pew's Global Attitudes Survey"
-- "Satisfied, Fatalisitic China"
Lots of good stuff in the report.
http://www.chinalawblog.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-t.cgi/2745
» China's Ignorance Is Bliss. China Law Blog
Really excellent article by John Kamm over at the Washington Post, analyzing the reality behind the recent Pew Survey numbers on China. The article is entitled, "Blinded By the Firewall: Why the Chinese Think The World Loves China," and if you want to ... []
Comments
Well these are the people (cab drivers at least) that give thumbs up to "W". Then again, they also have no problems with Xi Te Le* either.
*("Mr. Hilter", if you're a Pythonite)
Posted by: Hunxuer | July 24, 2008 5:22 AM
Would plenty of Chinese trying to smuggle themselves into the USA, and not many Americans trying to smuggle themselves into China, seem like a reasonable indicator?
Posted by: Law Office of Todd L. Platek | July 29, 2008 6:37 AM